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bachelor | benedict |

In obsolete terms the difference between bachelor and benedict

is that bachelor is among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery while benedict is having mild and salubrious qualities.

As nouns the difference between bachelor and benedict

is that bachelor is a man who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet while benedict is a newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.

As an adjective benedict is

having mild and salubrious qualities.

As a proper noun Benedict is

a given name derived from Latin, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes.

bachelor

English

Alternative forms

* bachelour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A man who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
  • * Washington Irving
    • As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound.
  • The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
  • (senseid)Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
  • (Canada) A bachelor apartment.
  • (obsolete) An unmarried woman.
    • (Ben Jonson)
  • (obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
  • (obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
  • A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxys annularis ) of the southern United States.

    • Synonyms

    * (academic degree) baccalaureate

    Derived terms

    * confirmed bachelor * bachelordom * bachelorette (North America) * bachelorhood * Bachelor of Arts * Bachelor of Science * bachelor pad * bachelor party * bachelorship * bachelor's button * bachelor's degree

    See also

    * spinster * * widower * (wikipedia "bachelor") *

    benedict

    English

    Etymology 1

    From Benedicke'' (a variant of ), a character in , 1598.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
  • * 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger Poeple's" Country , Nebraska 2005, p. 50:
    • The benedict , drearily superfluous to the festivities, had hardly been noticed by her as he lurked about the walls and sought what entertainment was possible to one under the social disabilities of matrimony.
    References
    * Garner's Usage Tip of the Day: "Benedict/Benedicke", accessed on 2005-04-30, which in turn cites Garner's Modern American Usage , Bryan Garner, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195161912, 2003

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) benedictus, past participle of . See benison, and compare bennet.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Having mild and salubrious qualities.
  • * 1622', , ''Natural History'', '''1740 , ''The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban , Volume 3, page 5,
    • And it is not a ?mall thing won in Phy?ick, if you can make rhubarb, and other medicines that are benedict , as ?trong purgers, as tho?e that are not without ?ome malignity.
    (Webster 1913) English eponyms Words from Shakespeare